Continued Support of the Duke University Primate Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History

该奖项再次支持在杜克大学灵长类动物中心（DUPC）的原猴亚目灵长类动物的集合的维护。对原猴亚目的生物学和行为的研究仍然是灵长类动物学中最活跃和最令人兴奋的领域。DUPC拥有世界上最大和最多样化的原猴亚目灵长类动物，包括7个现存家族中的6个代表物种。 大约有250种动物，包括狐猴（几种类型）、狐猴、洛里斯、狐猴和指猴。 这些灵长类动物代表了灵长类进化的一个主要分支，大约在6000万年前从灵长类动物的分支分化出来。 该中心被公认为马达加斯加以外原猴研究和保护活动的协调中心。作为其研究使命的一部分，DUPC提供现场接触动物，并将组织和血液样本运送给来自不同地方、地区、国家和外国机构的教师和学生，供其场外使用。用户被收取一定的费用比例的种类和数量的使用。该奖项确保了动物和组织的持续可用性，以相对低廉的成本供外部研究人员使用。 除了参与促进研究外，该中心还针对初中、高中和大学生开展各种教育和宣传工作，并允许公众观看动物。

This award renews support for maintenance of a collection of prosimian primates housed at the Duke University Primate Center (DUPC). Study of the biology and behavior of Prosimians continues to be of the most active and exciting fields of primatology. The DUPC houses the largest and most diverse collection of prosimian primates in the world, including representative species from 6 of 7 extant families. The approximately 250 animals include lemurs (of several types), sifakas, loris, bushbabys and aye-ayes. These primates represent a major branch of primate evolution that diverged from the anthropoid branch about 60 million years ago. The Center is recognized as the focal point for prosimian research and conservation activities outside Madagascar. As part of its research mission, the DUPC provides on-site access to animals, and ships tissues and blood samples to faculty and students from diverse local, regional, national, and foreign institutions for off-site use. Users are charged a fee scaled to the kind and quantity of usage. This award insures the continued availability of animals and tissues for use by outside researchers at relatively modest cost. In addition to its involvement in enabling research, the Center conducts a variety of education and outreach efforts aimed at middle school, high school and college students, and allows public viewing of the animals.